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I was recently awarded as the first New Hampshire Fire Instructor and the first of (15) in the United States as a Challenge Coin Award Recipient from the NFFF - Courage to be Safe Program. There is no greater achievement for an educator than to identify and witness behavioral changes in a student whom you have influenced and educated. If and when that lifelong dream comes to fruition, one can personally acknowledge that in a way, their beliefs, challenges and efforts have come full circle.… Continue

By FETC - All rights reserved This is for all who are currently earning a living in the Fire or Emergency Services field. How do we survive in these tough economic times? Lucky enough we are afforded the opportunity to have the job you always wanted, as some put it..."my dream job". In this day and age of shrinking operational budgets, eventually the personnel line item is going to have to take a hit. Hopefully paid details, committees, and OT coverage goes first. But what if your Chief has a… Continue

So as my questions asks, "What is actually in your turnout pockets?" I am a firm believer that every firefighter should be equipped with the basic tools required to start self-preservation/rescue operations when confronted with firefighter entrapment. Now I am pretty sure folding spanners have a place on the fireground but when was the last time you used one inside a burning building? Besides modern fire apparatus have so many spanners mounted on it, it will make your head spin. So at the start… Continue